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Lesson Plans
Pre-K / Kindergarten
Note: These plans are not for sale, but are an example
of how to create your own materials.
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Getting Started
1. Find out the teacher’s schedule and discuss running circle time
once per week . Explain the purpose of aligning with the curricu-
lum.
2. Identify goals of all of the students in the group and their needs
(including attention and ability)
3. Create a basic lesson plan to fit the length of your session, using
the lesson plan template
4. Create a visual schedule to use for each lesson
5. Ask the teacher what themes they will be focusing on each week
After you have created your lesson plan structure, minimal prepara-
tion time is needed for each plan.
• Make a copy of the lesson plan template for each lesson,
and fill it in with the book, song and activity you choose. List
goals you will target for each activity. Refer to the sample
lesson plan
• Prepare the lesson by making copies of activity pages and
homework sheets. Collect materials if applicable.
• Pick up the book from the library
• Have audio files ready for the song and auditory bombard-
ment
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Visual Schedule Pictures
Cut out, laminate and put on vertical Velcro strip
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Lesson Plan Components
The first two activities (attendance/greeting and calendar) will be the same for
every lesson, and will not be changed according to theme. The other activities
vary according to theme. Activities may be chosen according to the needs of the
students and desired length of the lesson. The first four activities are suggested to
be done with all of the students in the class. For the following activities, it is op-
tional to split the class into two to four small groups, to rotate through the other
activities. This is ideal when the teacher and/or aide is able to participate in run-
ning the activities.
1. Attendance/Greeting
2. Calendar
3. Song
4. Surprise Bag
5. Literacy Center
6. Articulation Station
7. Phonology Practice
These activities can be done
8. Mini Books
while the students are in small
9. Table Activities groups
10. Craft
11. Recipe
12. Game
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Attendance/Greeting (10-20 min)
Are you a girl or a boy? Boy (sticks name under Personal information
boy in attendance board)
Put your name next to/under/over the boy (puts name on attendance Following directions, spatial
board) concepts
What would you like me to draw for your I want eyes, nose…. Requesting, sentence ex-
face? (draw face by name on attendance pansion, labeling body
board) parts, plurals
This activity will be completed with all students in the same way for
every lesson. You can review the day, month, year, day of the week,
and current weather. This is not included in the chapter.
Materials: Classroom calendar, weather visual
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Song (5 minutes)
This can be done with the whole group of students as well. If your group
of students require more repetition, it is recommended that you sing the
same song for every lesson. Songs about greetings, days of the week, or songs
that have gestures are great choices. This activity is great to break up the seat-
ed activities, and to wake students up. Encourage participation with hand move-
ments. Provide visual choices. After student picks the songs, place the pictures
on a board that say First, then.
Examples of songs are found on the first page of the sample chapter. Find more
songs and visuals that go with the songs, visit http://bilinguistics.com/music-for-
speech-therapy/
Materials: music player, song
The purpose of this activity is to introduce the theme. Have all of the stu-
dent sit on the floor, and take turns pulling a surprise out of the “surprise
bag”. Have students take turns pulling a surprise out of the bag. Surprise items
vary according to theme. Each chapter includes picture cards (section A of each
chapter) that may be printed and cut apart for quick lesson preparation. There
are also suggestions for real object to be used with each theme. The following is
a sample script with suggested goals:
Close your eyes, put your hand in, and (pulls out a surprise) 3-step directions
pull out a surprise
Who’s turn is it? My turn Requesting, turn taking, who
questions
What would you like? I want to grab a sur- Requesting, sentence expan-
prise sion
What do you have? A fish Labeling
Please put the bird on the board (puts the bird on the 1-step directions
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Literacy Center (10-15 minutes)
This activity may be done with all students, or during small group rota-
tion. The sample chapter includes book suggestions in English and
Spanish that go along with the theme, as well as the Dewey decimal
system range, for a quick library stop. Read the book to the students,
using scaffolding techniques. If applicable, use surprise bag items during
the reading for more interaction.
Optional activity:
Gather both fiction and non-fiction books to provide vast numbers of pictures,
references, and situations. Place a large number of books on the topic around the
table. Encourage students to freely pick any book, look through it, comment, trade,
and show friends what they see. Tell them they have 2 minutes and at the end let
them choose one book that you look through (non-fic%on) or read (fic%on).
Review and practice targets from thematic articulation words in each chap-
ter. You may prerecord the words for auditory bombardment to use as a
station during small group rotation. During auditory bombardment, stu-
dents may color the mini book or other table activity worksheets. You may rely
heavily on successful students to demonstrate to friends how to say a sound.
Have children identify the number of syllables in each word, and practice
segmenting syllables by clapping or pointing to the circles under each
word. Students may also work on identifying initial sounds. This can be
done with the whole class or in small groups.
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Mini Books (10 min)
While sitting at a table in a small group, students can make their own mini
book about the theme. Students can work on sequencing the story, following di-
rections to put the book together, and labeling or describing the book. There are
two examples of mini books included in the sample chapter.
Crafts are great for students who benefit from hands-on activities. Gather
the materials listed at the beginning of each session and make the minimal
preparations. Empower and challenge students by having them set up for the activi-
ty. Explain what they will be doing, show an example, and them ask for helpers to
gather colors, paper, glue, etc. Increase the level of difficulty by including numbers,
an order, or descriptions of the materials. This is activity is great for requesting ma-
terials, following directions, sequencing, and discussing what they did using past tense
verbs.
Ask the initial helpers to gather and return the materials they brought. Have each stu-
dent stand, present his work, say something about it, and carry it to their backpack,
folder, or cubbie.
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Recipe (20 min)
This is another great activity for more active students who benefit from
hands-on activities. Use sequence cards and visuals to help students re-
quest materials, describe what they are doing and finally tell how they
created the end product.
Parent Note
Communication growth is stimulated by carryover into the classroom,
reviewing of vocabulary, and shared participation by a student’s teacher
and parents. Write a note on a theme-based coloring sheet about what you are dis-
cussing in class, and what the parents can do to work on their child’s communication
goals at home. Reward a student for returning a signed parent letter to encourage
communication and interaction with the family.
Note: To condense your lesson plan, you may choose either a mini book, ta-
ble activity, craft, recipe or game to use for the lesson plan that day. You can
then use the same lesson plan several times (or have the teacher implement
it) using a different activity for each day.
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Lesson Plan Template (pg. 1 of 2)
Theme: __________________________________________ Date:________
Below is an example of a lesson plan for a 2-hour class. Please modify this lesson plan as needed to
fit your individual needs including time in the classroom and student goals.
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Lesson Plan Template (pg. 2 of 2)
Theme: __________________________________________ Date:________
10 min. Phonology Clinician: We are also going to learn 1. Producing words that con-
about saying sounds tain the
9:25-9:35
_______________. sounds:________________
__
Review picture cards with vocabulary
from book that include phonology target 2. Clapping syllables of vo-
_________. cabulary words
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Unit 1
Animals los animales
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1
ANIMALS
BOOK Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Bill Martin Jr. & Eric English
LOCATOR What Do You See? Carle
Oso pardo, oso pardo, que Bill Martin & Eric Spanish
ves ahi? Carle
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Content 1
ANIMALS
Section Schedule Activity Goals
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Content 1
ANIMALS
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Surprise bag: 1A
Animal Picture Cards ANIMALS
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Articulation Station 1B
ANIMALS
English
M monkey, mouse, mammal, moose, animal, flamingo, lama
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1B
Articulation Station ANIMALS
Spanish
M mono, murciélago , mapache, animal, calamar, caimán, llama
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Phonology: 1C
Syllable Strips in English ANIMALS
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Phonology: 1C
Syllable Strips in Spanish ANIMALS
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Mini Book: 1D
Cut, color, and create a ANIMALS
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Mini Book: 1E
Cut, color, and create a book ANIMALS
about animals.
Paint my Spots!
Une los puntos para hacer mi jaula Dibuje mis alas. iQuiero volar!
con una linea.
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Table Activity: 1F
Part-Whole Relationships ANIMALS
Match the animal to the body part and color if time permits
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Table Activity: 1G
Who’s the biggest one of all? ANIMALS
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Craft: 1H
African Mobile ANIMALS
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Craft: 1H
African Mobile ANIMALS
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Craft: 1I
Animal Mask Making ANIMALS
4 black circles and 1 black 2 brown circles, 2 smaller white circles, 1 2 small black circles, one pink large
triangle brown triangle, 2 white rectangles, op%onal circle, 2 pink triangles, op%onal
plate size brown circle plate size pink circle
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Recipe: 1J
Animal Sponge Capsules ANIMALS
I want / Quiero
A capsule /
A cup / un vaso Water / agua una pastilla
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sequencing activity.
Recipe:
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Animal Sponge Sequencing
Demonstrate learning or pre-teach the activity with a
Cut out and paste pictures on the inside of a file folder. Use Vel-
cro or putty to stick animal pictures from grab bag activity to
their correct home (sky, land or water).
Note* Pictures will cover one and a half pages of the in-
side of the file folder. Use the extra room on the half page
to mount the animals on Velcro or tape a baggie to keep
the animals inside.
Materials: Two file folders, glue and Velcro or a baggie.
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Game: 1K
File folder game: Animal Homes ANIMALS
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Parent Note: 1J
Animal Coloring Page ANIMALS
Hi Parents!
This week we are talking about animals. Ask your child to share what he knows about
the animas in these scenes and practice his communication.
¡Hola Padres!
Esta semana estamos hablando de animales. platiquen con su hijo sobre cómo se
llaman los animales y dónde viven para practicar como está hablando.
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Preschool Lesson Plan (pg. 1 of 2)
Theme: Animals Date:________
Below is an example of a lesson plan for a 2-hour class. Please modify this lesson plan as needed to
fit your individual needs including time in the classroom and student goals.
20 Circle Name recognition: Clinician hold up name card and Phoneme identification
min. Time kids find the student. Clap syllables of each name
Syllables
and focus on initial sounds.
8:30- Greeting/
Who question
8:50 Attend- Clinician: Who’s name is on the card?
ance Where questions
Students: Jacob!
Joint attention
Clinician: Where is Jacob?
Spatial concepts
Students: Over there
Final /s/
Clinician: That’s right, he is next to Keith
Body parts
Ok, Jacob, where do I put your name, Under
the boy or under the girl? SVO sentences
Clinician: Ok, Jacob, What face parts do you
want me to draw?
Jacob: I want two eyes, I want a nose
10 Calendar Go over months in a year and then dance the Mac- Sequences
min. arena while singing the months.
Numbers
8:50- Review Days of the weeks, snap the Days of the
Categories
9:00 week song.
Verb tense
Review the date. Today is X. Yesterday was X.
Tomorrow will be X.
5 min. Lan- Today we are going to learn about animals. 1. Label clothing
guage Have the children try to name as many animals as
9:00- 2. Verb: live, swim, fly,
goal they can and talk about where different animals live,
9:05 crawl
and if they swim, fly or crawl.
3. Answering ‘where’
questions
5 min. Music Have the students make a familiar song choice. Expanding utterances: “I
want + to sing + ____”
9:05- Have the students dance the song, pairing gestures
9:10 with key concepts Counting
OR sing Five Little Monkeys, using visuals.
15 Surprise Place animal pictures animal manipulatives in a bag. Naming/labeling animals
min. bag Have the students guess what kind of animals are
Following directions
in the bag. Today we are talking about ani-
9:10-
mals . What kind of animals do you think are ‘Where’ questions – where
9:25
in the bag? different animals live or
where can we see them
Pass the bag around and use the same sequence in-
(ocean, farm, forest,
struction for each student. Close your eyes. Put
jungle, zoo)
your hand in the bag. Take out your surprise.
‘Who’ questions – Who
Clinician: What do you have? Student: A fish! Cli-
has ever had a pet
nician: Yes it is a fish. Where do fish live? Stu-
fish?
dent: In the water.
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Preschool Lesson Plan (pg. 2 of 2)
Theme: Animals Date:________
5. Part-whole relationships
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